We managed to get seriously infected with a trojan horse on our lovely new pc setup!.
Its all my stupid fault for downloading a certain 'free' game from a certain 'pir@teb@y' without checking the uploader.
I have tried everything under the sun to remove it and so far nothing is working, windows explorer sometimes crashes and i dont dare log into anything important for obvious reasons!.
Luckily it infected our old vista hardrive and not the new windows 7 one (i have a dual boot, multi hardrive setup... hey i do live in Taiwan!) its just annoying as i didnt finish backing everything up to add to windows 7.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
RPM factory visit
We visited the RPM factory in Taipei today, since moving to Taipei it has enabled us to contact more factory's and get more business done.
Its quite nice as its only 20 mins car drive to almost everyone which means we can get things done quickly and easily.
So why were we there?.
Ruckus shocks...... real, proper 230mm shocks that have adjustable damping and don't have a rock hard ride.
We have been trying to get 230mm shocks made for a long time, we actually made a few at one point but had issues with ride quality, the only way we could get this done is if we built a specific shock for this purpose and that's what we spent 6 hours discussing today.... how to get you ruckus boys lower to the ground more comfortably!.
Anyway here's a few pics of the place and also a sneak peak at the latest STAGE6 forks... they ain't even out yet ;-)
Oh Zuma guys,
Check out the yellow Zuma and let me know if the exhaust and flywheel cover interest you!.
Its quite nice as its only 20 mins car drive to almost everyone which means we can get things done quickly and easily.
So why were we there?.
Ruckus shocks...... real, proper 230mm shocks that have adjustable damping and don't have a rock hard ride.
We have been trying to get 230mm shocks made for a long time, we actually made a few at one point but had issues with ride quality, the only way we could get this done is if we built a specific shock for this purpose and that's what we spent 6 hours discussing today.... how to get you ruckus boys lower to the ground more comfortably!.
Anyway here's a few pics of the place and also a sneak peak at the latest STAGE6 forks... they ain't even out yet ;-)
Oh Zuma guys,
Check out the yellow Zuma and let me know if the exhaust and flywheel cover interest you!.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
EMS
There was a terrific screw up this past week with EMS, i would like to explain what happened.
Since moving to Taipei we had to sign a new contract with a seperate EMS branch local to us, unlike the old branch they are not open 7 days a week and close at 5pm whereas our old once closed at midnight.
We also cant send the packages at the branch they do pickups only, which is actually very usefull for us since alot of those packages are very big.
Since we dont go into the branch we have to weigh and measure our packages ourselves and pay for them when they arrive, its a bit backwards but this is the way they want it.
We had a few issues with them 2 weeks ago where they claimed our scales were under weighing and they held some packages until it was straightened out.
The end result was that they gave us their personal scales to weigh with, that way there would be no discrepancy between our scales.
So for the first time we used their scales and shipped 6 packages on thursday last week.......
Well they claimed we under weighed them again but this time they didnt call or notify us, it wasnt until a few customers emailed me saying their tracking info wasnt working that we discovered this!.
Anyway it was all cleared up 2 days ago and it shouldnt happen again, we know have the driver weigh them in front of us BEFORE taking them to the depot.
Apologies for those that were left waiting, it wont happen again.
Since moving to Taipei we had to sign a new contract with a seperate EMS branch local to us, unlike the old branch they are not open 7 days a week and close at 5pm whereas our old once closed at midnight.
We also cant send the packages at the branch they do pickups only, which is actually very usefull for us since alot of those packages are very big.
Since we dont go into the branch we have to weigh and measure our packages ourselves and pay for them when they arrive, its a bit backwards but this is the way they want it.
We had a few issues with them 2 weeks ago where they claimed our scales were under weighing and they held some packages until it was straightened out.
The end result was that they gave us their personal scales to weigh with, that way there would be no discrepancy between our scales.
So for the first time we used their scales and shipped 6 packages on thursday last week.......
Well they claimed we under weighed them again but this time they didnt call or notify us, it wasnt until a few customers emailed me saying their tracking info wasnt working that we discovered this!.
Anyway it was all cleared up 2 days ago and it shouldnt happen again, we know have the driver weigh them in front of us BEFORE taking them to the depot.
Apologies for those that were left waiting, it wont happen again.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Samurai now officially a Frando dealer!
We have been unofficially selling they fantastic products for a while now and have finally sealed the deal thanks to us being located about 15 mins away from their factory in Taipei.
Let me just say on a personal level the frando 4 piston calipers are amongst the very best in the world, they are all forged alloy with CNC finishing, everything from the scratch free paint to the high quality stainless bolts is of the most amazing quality.
They come with a 2 year warranty too, so theres really no reason why you would consider any other caliper.
We use frando brakes on both of our personal bikes (which i bought retail at the time on my RED Z-272!) and all of our race bikes.
To kick start this new partnership we are now offering a complete bolt on upgrade for the Yamaha Zuma 125.
You retain the existing 220mm disc and simply replace the old caliper and bracket with the new Frando 4 piston monster!.
Comes in one finish as shown and the kit price is $180 for fitment to the stock 220mm disc and $190 for fitment to the Samurai 260mm disc.
The Samurai 260mm floating disc is $90.
Frando also do stainless hoses, they are actually GOODRICH hoses with a frando sticker, they are $45.
Frando radial master cylinder is $170, click here for colour options: CLICK HERE!
Let me just say on a personal level the frando 4 piston calipers are amongst the very best in the world, they are all forged alloy with CNC finishing, everything from the scratch free paint to the high quality stainless bolts is of the most amazing quality.
They come with a 2 year warranty too, so theres really no reason why you would consider any other caliper.
We use frando brakes on both of our personal bikes (which i bought retail at the time on my RED Z-272!) and all of our race bikes.
To kick start this new partnership we are now offering a complete bolt on upgrade for the Yamaha Zuma 125.
You retain the existing 220mm disc and simply replace the old caliper and bracket with the new Frando 4 piston monster!.
The Samurai 260mm floating disc is $90.
Frando also do stainless hoses, they are actually GOODRICH hoses with a frando sticker, they are $45.
Frando radial master cylinder is $170, click here for colour options: CLICK HERE!
Ultimate GY6 engines now on sale!
To fight the alarming amount of low quality chinese GY6 engines flooding the market, we decided to release a very special version of the GY6.
We have access to genuine OEM cases which are capable of going much larger than the 63mm bore the standard GY6 was stuck to.
Ours go to 67mm!!!!!
Availible as a bare bones case or a complete brand new built engine for the street or drag strip, there are tons of options which i couldnt even begin to list here but the 2 displacements availible are:
Case alone supplied with a Samurai 67mm big bore kit is only $650!.
(if you already have a tuned up GY6 this is a cool option as you can just transfer all the parts from your existing motor............ yes thats right our engine accepts all GY6 engine parts!)
Complete build prices start at $2200 for the 217cc street engine and go up to $3500 for a 4 valve watercooled monster!.
Pictures of an example build in the next few days and also some videos of a 232cc monster next month.
We have access to genuine OEM cases which are capable of going much larger than the 63mm bore the standard GY6 was stuck to.
Ours go to 67mm!!!!!
Availible as a bare bones case or a complete brand new built engine for the street or drag strip, there are tons of options which i couldnt even begin to list here but the 2 displacements availible are:
- 217cc with a 4mm stroker crank
- 232cc with the monster 8mm crank
Case alone supplied with a Samurai 67mm big bore kit is only $650!.
(if you already have a tuned up GY6 this is a cool option as you can just transfer all the parts from your existing motor............ yes thats right our engine accepts all GY6 engine parts!)
Complete build prices start at $2200 for the 217cc street engine and go up to $3500 for a 4 valve watercooled monster!.
Pictures of an example build in the next few days and also some videos of a 232cc monster next month.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
PC issues
We upgraded our pc to the new 6 core AMD cpu, new motherboard, new larger hard drive and windows 7.
Essentially a whole new pc, i didnt expect things to go smoothly but i did not expect them to have me without net access for 2 days!.
Basically the new motherboard didnt have the correct BIOS to run the new X6 1055t cpu (nerd speak here) and was refusing to boot or even allow me into the setup to update the BIOS.
Fast forwards 2 days (broken fingernails and late nights) and we are back online!
Essentially a whole new pc, i didnt expect things to go smoothly but i did not expect them to have me without net access for 2 days!.
Basically the new motherboard didnt have the correct BIOS to run the new X6 1055t cpu (nerd speak here) and was refusing to boot or even allow me into the setup to update the BIOS.
Fast forwards 2 days (broken fingernails and late nights) and we are back online!
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